Letter to the Editor: July/August 2005

Terri Schiavo and Catholic Bishops... Ultrasound Images... The Papal Encyclicals Do Warn About the Dangers of Wealth... Abortion and Republican Presidents... The Machiavellian Critics of Fr. Maciel...

New Oxford Notes: July/August 2005

Reading Between the Lines... Fessio: "My Friend, Benedict XVI"... The Same Old Song and Dance... Liberal Catholic Father, Muslim Son... Now They Tell You! (Part III)... "The Real Post-Conciliar Reforms"?... America's Increasingly Feminist and Homosexual Military... more

The Man Who Was Ratzinger

AD EXTRA -- POPE BENEDICT XVI & THE WORLD

Michael S. Rose

It was not surprising that the election of Pope Benedict XVI met with much gnashing of teeth among liberal pundits (and much cheering elsewhere).

Why the Second Vatican Council Was a Good Thing

RESPONDING TO THE NEW OXFORD REVIEW

John Lamont

Council Fathers insisted the texts be framed in ways that harmonized with Catholic tradition, and the texts explicitly state they are meant to be interpreted that way.

The News You May Have Missed

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Michael S. Rose

A Vatican Condom Factory... Anti-TV Guerillas... What Would Jesus Smell Like?... Girls Abusing Steroids... Hepatitis Clinic Bar... Right to Neopagan Makeup... and more

On Death & Dying & Terri Schiavo

GUEST COLUMN

Timothy P. Collins

Her cause of death was starvation and dehydration. Her manner of death was euthanasia. If I were to euthanize my cat the way Mrs. Schiavo was euthanized, I could be jailed.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Ugly

Michael Morris

The Church was once the mistress of the arts, guiding and enriching Western civilization with so many masterpieces that to ignore her formative presence is folly.

Briefly: July/August 2005

Review of The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy